Upstream information

CVE-2013-6441 at MITRE

Description

The lxc-sshd template (templates/lxc-sshd.in) in LXC before 1.0.0.beta2 uses read-write permissions when mounting /sbin/init, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the init file.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having low severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 7.2 6.8
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local Local
Access Complexity Low Low
Authentication None Single
Confidentiality Impact Complete Complete
Integrity Impact Complete Complete
Availability Impact Complete Complete
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 855809 [VERIFIED / WONTFIX]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
  • lxc >= 0.8.0-0.21.6
  • lxc-devel >= 0.8.0-0.21.6
Patchnames:
sdksp3-lxc
sledsp3-lxc
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • lxc >= 0.8.0-0.23.2
  • lxc-devel >= 0.8.0-0.23.2
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA lxc-0.8.0-0.23.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3
  • lxc >= 0.8.0-0.21.6
  • lxc-devel >= 0.8.0-0.21.6
Patchnames:
sdksp3-lxc
slessp3-lxc
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • lxc >= 0.8.0-0.23.2
  • lxc-devel >= 0.8.0-0.23.2
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA lxc-0.8.0-0.23.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA lxc-0.8.0-0.23.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
  • lxc >= 0.8.0-0.21.6
  • lxc-devel >= 0.8.0-0.21.6
Patchnames:
sdksp3-lxc


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP3 lxc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 lxc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 lxc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 lxc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 lxc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS lxc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 lxc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS lxc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS lxc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 lxc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS lxc Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS lxc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP1 lxc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 lxc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 lxc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 lxc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 lxc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 lxc Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 lxc Unsupported


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Dec 17 10:41:36 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 13 19:03:49 2023